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‘To those of you who don’t vote, who don’t change these laws, you are allowing children to die here inside places like Eloy’
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After more than one hour of listening to his stories, we asked where he finds hope in life given his life of 35 years in Federal prison
Sister Kathleen served as the Sisters of Providence representative to 8th Day Center for Justice, a coalition of Catholic religious congregations committed to act as a critical alternative voice to oppressive systems and to work actively to change those systems. She currently volunteers in Chicago, Illinois.